PT-2008-1684 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Wojciech Purczynski · Published 2008-02-12 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2008-0010

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 2.6.22 through 2.6.24

Description The issue concerns the copy from user mmap sem function in fs/splice.c, which fails to validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference. This allows local users to read from arbitrary kernel memory locations.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions 2.6.22 through 2.6.24, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0010

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 15

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5093 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5092 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0010 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27704 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28875 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27796 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28896 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28835 · Note